Machine for making mouthpiece cigarette-tubes.



PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908. M. HIMOI'F.

u MACHINE FOR MAKING MOUTIIPIEGE CIGARETTE TUBES. E

' APPLICATION FILED JAN. B, 1906.

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No. 896,911. PATENTED AUG. 2.5, 1908.

M. HIMOFF. MACHINE POR MAKING MOUTHPIEGE CIGARETTE TUBES.

PPLIoATIoN FILED .s 190e. A JAN s SHEETS-SHEET z.

' @X70/VZ@ No. 896,911, PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908.

M. HIMGFP. MAGHINB FOR MAKING MOUTHPIEGB CIGARETTE TUB-Es.

APPLICATION FILED JAILB, 1906.

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No.'896,9l1. v PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908.

M. HIMOEF. v MACHINE FOR MAKING MOUTHPIEGE CIGARETTE TUBES. l

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1906.

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No. 896,911. PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908. M. HIMOII.

MACHINE IOR MAKING MOUTHPIECE CIGARETTE TUBES.

APPLICATION r1 .s 190e.

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MAX HIMOFF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMOFF MACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORATION. QF NEW YORK. v

MACHINE FOR MAKING MOUTHPIEC CIGARETTE-TUBES.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 25, 190s.

Application Bled January 8, 1906. Serial No. 295,014.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX HIMOFF, a citizen of the United States, residin in New York city, borough of Manhattan, ew York, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Machines for Making Mout piece Cigarette-Tubes, of which the ollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for making paper tubes and inserting therein rolled paper mouthpieces, which tubes are to be charged with tobacco for cigarettes, and my invention contemplates the novel details of improvement and the combinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

4Reference is to be had to lthe accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein Figure 1, is a plan view of a machine ernbodying my invention, Fig. 2,- is a detail section on the line 2, 2, in Fig. 1, Fig. 3, is a side view of the machlne, partly broken, Fig. 4, is a detached detail view of part of the printing mechanism, Fig. 5, is an enlarged detail sectional view of the devices for inserting the mouthpieces in the cigarette tubes, Fig. 6, is a detail sectional view of part of said devices, Fig. 7, is a cross section on the plane of the line 7 in Fig. 1, through the mouthpiece rolling devices, Fig. 8, is a detail view showing a different position of the devices for receiving a mouthpiece, Fig. 8a indicates grip}')ing devices for paper strip 90a, Fig. 9,I

1s an end view of the machine looking rom the right in Fig. 1, Fig. 10, is a cross section on the plane of the line 10 in Fig. 1, Fig. 11, is an enlarged detail view of devices for feeding the paper for the tubes, Fig. 12, is a side view thereof, Fig. 13, is a detail of a paper feeding roll, Fig. 14, is an end view, Fig. 15, is a plan view, showing modilied means for operating support 60 and fingers 61, and Fig. 16, is a detail of parts 53a, 115, 115, etc.

Similar numerals of reference indicate cory res ondinfJr parts in the several views.

n the r rawings the numeral 1 indicates a suitable frame or table carrying the mechanism described below.

2 indicates a suitable paper strip for making the cigarette tubes 3, mechanism for forming said paper strip into tubular form by means of a lock-seam being indicated generally at 4, 5, which mechanism may be of any suitable or well known construction operated in any suitable manner, 5 indicating the crimping wheel of said mechanism. The paper strip 2 is taken from a reel supported in any well known manner, and is carried around guiding and feeding rollers for directing the strip to the tube rming devices 4, 5, and when desired across bronzing devices. In the' example illustrated the bronzing rolls are indicated at 6, 7, 8, operated by gears 9, 10, 11, the shaft 12 of gear 11, having a gear 13 that meshes with a gear 14, on a shaft 15, for operating said lrolls at the proper speed, and the feeding rolls for strip 2 are shown at 16, 17, 18 mounted upon suitable shafts carried upon a support 1a. The shaft 17a of roll 17 is shown carried b lever arms 17", supported to rock upon shaft 18, an arm 17c connected by a spring 19 with support 1a serving to hold roll 17 upon the strip 2 under the desired tension.

Under certain atmospheric conditions the pa er strip 2 when in Contact with metal rol s adheres thereto, the effect of which is to prevent a pro er free travel of the paper strip to the tu e forming devices, and 1n order to counteract such tendency of the paper to adhere to its roll I make the roll 17, or its surface part that 'engages the pa er strip, of non-magnetic material, such as ber, wood, or the like, so `that when the paper strip engages such roll itsquality to adhere to metal will be destroyed, whereby the paper 2 in its passage to the tube forming devices, from roll 17, will not adhere to any interposed metal rolls. A gear 20 connected with roll 16 and meshing with a gear 21 on a shaft 22a rotates roll 16 for drawing. the paper strip 2 from its reel to take strain from the seam crimping roll 5 in drawing the strip through the tube forming devices, which may be of well known form adapted to form a lockseam tube.

I have shown means for printing words or the like upon the paper strip .for each cigarette tube, and the die or type 22 that co-acts with the roll 23 over which the paper strip 2 passes, is carried by a shaft 24 that has a gear 25 for operating the inking devices 26, of any well known construction (see Figs. 1, 2). A s tubes 3, for cigarettes may be made of different lengths on my machine, means are provided for regulating the space between impressions of the die 22 on the paper strip according to thc lengths ol' cigarettes desired, and as the paper strip 2 will be drawn faster through the forming devices 4, 5, for a long tube 3 than for a shorter tube., the nlovenient of the die 22 while in contact with sl rip 2 must be varied correspondingly. To this end I )rovide a disk 27 having a groove 27 across 1ts center, said disk being mounted upon a shaft 28 that is carried by a swinging arin or frame 2l), shown journaled u on shaft l5, the shaft 28 having a gear 3() t iat meshes with gear 14 so that disk 27 will be rotated with the inking, printing, bronzing and paper strip feedingr rolls. Gear 25 carries a pin 25 that works in the groove 27 of disk 27 (see Fig. 1) so that as said disk rotates the parts 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26 will be rotated thereby. The arm or frame 2l), is adjustable to vary the position of pin 25LL in groove 27 of disk 27, and for this purpose l have shown the arm 29 provided with a nut 29 located in a slot 31 in an arm 31 pivotally supported upon table 1, as at 32, the arm 31 carrying a screw 33 that receives nut 29. By rotating screw 33, the arm or frame 29 will be adjusted up or down, the pivoted arm 31 allowing 'for such adjustment, and thereby the disk 27 will be adjusted more or less across the plane of the axis of shaft 24, and thereby the time of contact of die 22 with the paper strip 2 can be regulated according to the speed of travel of said paper strip and corres onding with such speed, so that the stri wi l not drag across the surface of the die, W ereby proper printing of the die uponthepa erstri canbeeffected,causedby the eccentrlc relation of shaft 30 to shaft 24.

Shaft 15 has a crank pin 15 from which a connecting rod 35 extends, which rod is connected with a crank pin-36 on a driving shaft 36 journaled upon table 1', whereby shaft 1.5 and the parts connected therewith are rotated.

The paper feeding rolls and the printing and bronzmg devices should work in speed relation to the tube forming devices 4, 5, and to this end I connect the rod4 35 with a crank pin 37 carried by a shaft 37 having a gear 38 that meshes withl a gear 39 connected with a gear 40, both carried by a shaft 41 supported by an arm 42, that 'is mounted upon a shaft 43 having a gear 44 meshing With ear 40, the shaft 43 carrying the crimping ro l 5. Shaft 41 is adjustable in a slot 42 in arm 42 and held in position by nut 41, whereby the gears 39 and 40 may be changed as required for changing the speed of rotation of crimping wheel 5 with respect to the desired speed of the paper feeding rolls and the printing devices, shaft 43 having a gear '45 that meshes with a gear 46 on shaft 22 to drive the rolls 16. 17, 18 at the pro er relative s eed.

The continuously ormed tube or the cigarette as it passes from the forming rolls 4, 5 is to be cut ofi" to the proper lengths 'l` or the cigarettes, which may be done by a pair ol' scissors 47 having suitable actuating devices 4S constructed and operated in any Well known manner. Said scissors are shown carried by a reci irocative shaft 4S) guided. in bearings on tabl forth by a spring 5() co-acting with a cam 51 on shaft 36 acting on an arm 52 carried by shaft 4), a link 53 connected with arn'i 52 and with the scissors operating devices 43, and rocked by a cani 54, causing said scissors to be reciprocated and opened and closed as required to cut-oil' the paper tube into lengths for cigarette tubes 3. 'lhe cam 54 is carried by a shaft 55, suitably journaled on table 1 and connected by a crank 56 with connecting rod 35 for operation in proper relation to the devices previously described.

'lhe paper tubes 3 as they are cut ol'f by the scissors 47 are to be brought and held in alinement with devices that form rolledc 1, and moved back and.

paper mouthpieces and insert them in the tubes 3. It is desirable that the outer ends or edges of the rolled paper mouthpieces should terminate under or close to the seam 3 of the cigarette tubes, 3 so as not to cut through the cigarette tube or raise a ridge, particularly beneath the printing upon the tube. One of the features of "iny invention comprises means for receiving the paper tube cut off by the. scissors 4 7 and carrylng such tubes without rolling or rotating them into alinement with the mouthpiece forming devices so as to assure that the outer end of the mouthpiece, when it unrolls within the tube 3 will, with substantial uniformity, terminate adjacent to the seam 3 of the tube 3. To this end I provide a reciprocatory support or carrier 60, which in one position rests under the tube projecting from the scissors 47, and receives the tube when cut off by said seissors, and in another position will hold the tube in line with the mouthpiece forming and inserting devices. The tube support or carrier 60 is mounted upon table 1, or in suitable guides, to reciprocate transversely with respect to the tube passing from the tube forming devices, and to hold the tube 3 upon support 60 While the tube is being carried from the scissors to alinement with the mouthpiece forming and inserting devices, I .provide a pair of fingers 61, carried by a rod 62 that is given' a to-and-fro and an uji-and,- down, or over stepping, motion, the fingers 61 having slots or recesses 61 at the ends to receive the tube 3 (see Fig. 10). The ro'd 62 is carried by an arm 63 connected with a rock-arm 64, pivoted upon table 1 and connected by a link 65 with a crank 66 on a shaft 67 journaled on table 1, rotated by suitable means, and arm 63 is actuated up and down` by a cam 68 shown engaging a roller 69, a s ring 70, connected with arm 63 and with table 1, acting with said cam. Thus,

as shaft 67 rotates inthe direction of the arrow in Fig.- 9, arm 63 Will'be lifted and simultaneously moved to the left to cause fingers 61 to pass over the tube projecting from scissors 47 and down over table 60, and then will be moved tothe'right conjointlv with table 6o to hold the tube 3 in line with the mouthpiece forming and inserting devices until the mouthpiece has been inserted in the tube, whereupon the fingers 61 will rise and release the mouthpiece which will thereupon pass to a way or guide 72. Drum 73 on shaft 67 having fingers 73 then engages the tube 3 and causes it to feed into the way or a rece tacle 72.

To cause t e support 60 to reciprocate conjointly with the fingers 61, I have shown a rod 75 connected with crank 66 and with a rock arm 76 pivoted upon table 1, and pivotally connected, as by a pin and slot connection 77, with a rock arm 78 that isv pivotally connected with a rod or extension 79 that is shown pivotally connected, as at 80, with the support 60, (see Fig. 1), the relation of these parts being such that the support 60 and fingers 61 will move uniformly back and forth while the fingers 61 also have an up-and-down or over-stepping motion with respect to support 60.

At 81 is an arm pivotally supported upon table 1, as at 82, and rovided with a recess 81a in its free end (see ig. 10) adapted to receivethe cigarette tube 3 when it is in position for the mouthpiece to be inserted therein, (as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 10). A finger 61 has a pin 61b adapted to engage an inclined face 81b on arm 81 (Fig. 10) to lift said arm as tube 3 passes to the recess 81a to hold the tube in position to receive the mouthpiece. After the mouthpiece has been inserted in the tube the table 60, which together with the finger 61 paused in their movement to the right While the mouthpiece was inserted therein, then move farther to the right and raise arm 81 to release the tube from the recess 81a so that the tube will slide down into the Way 72 to be pushed by drum 7 3 into a receptacle 72, and then the support 60 and fingers 61 again move to the left to receive another tube 3.

At 83 is an adjustable stop against which the end of tube 3 rests as an abutment to receive the thrust of the mouthpiece devices as the mouthpiece is inserted in the tube.

In Figs. 14 and 15 I have shown a modified arrangement of parts `for operating the support 60 and fingers 61. In this case the arm 64 is at the left hand side of shaft 67, instead of at the right hand side as in Fig. 9, arm 63a and links 65a being connected with arm 64 and being correspondingly reversed in position with respect to Fig. 9, and instead of using the parts 75, 76, 77 and 78 as in Figs. 1, 3, 9, and 10, I connect an arm 76a rigidly witharm 64 and also with the extension 79,

. 105 by the support 60 and fingers 61.

as by a pivot at 79, whereby as arm 64 is rockedl by crank 66, the support 60, and arm 63a and fingers 61 will be correspondingly and conjointly reciprocated. The construction of these parts shown in Figs. 14 and.15 somewhat simplifies the construction of the corresponding parts shown in Figs. 1, 3, 9 and 10. l

The strip'or paper 90 for producing the rolled mouth ieces 3b (see Fig. 5) is fed to the mouthpiece orming devices by rolls 91, 92, from a reel'which rolls areA journaled upon table 1, and may be rotated at the proper speed by suitable gearing. I have shown gearing 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, connecting the driving shaft 36 with roll 91, and-'gears at' 99 may connect the rolls 91, 92, for rotating them in unison, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 7. I have also shown gearing 100, 101

connecting gear 99 with shaft 67 for rotating the latter and the feeding drum 73, thereby also operating the devices controlling the support 60 and fingers 61 in unison with rolls 91 and92. Said rolls feed thestrip 90 intermittently to suitable devices adapted to roll suitable lengths cu-t from strip 90 into mouthpiece form and insert such mouthpiece in the tube 3. I have-shown rolls 91, 92 as partly cut away'to feed strip 90 intermittently.

A cutter 102, which may be in the form of a knife blade, cuts the strip 90 into suitable lengths, and said cutter is shown ivotally supported upon table 1, at 103, and may be operated to co-act with the stationary part 104 (see-Figs. 1 and 7) by means of a cam 104a (Fig. 1) operating on the arm 102, said cam being carried upon shaft 36 and timed to cut off lengths from strip 90 when the forward end of the latter has been pushed into the mouthpiece rolling devices.

The mouthpiece rolling ,devices I have,

shown, are arranged as follows z-A tube 105, having a reduced end and rovided with a longitudinal slot 105, is carried by a recipro-v cative slide or block 106 and adapted to be brought into alinement with strip 90 to permit the end of the latter'to pass into the tube, (see Fig. 8) and at 107 is a rod adapted to pass into tube 105, and said rod is provided with a longitudinal recess or groove 107i adapted to receive the end of strip 90 so as to crimp or gri the end of strip 90 after the mouthpiece ength 90a has been cut ofi` by cutter 102, and then roll the piece 90a within tube 105 to form the rolled mouthpiece 3b (Fig. 5). motion, as from the position shown in Fig. 1, Where the mouthpiece strip 90a is received in tube 105, to carry the rolled mouthpiece into the paper tube 3 that is held in line with tube The rod'107 is rotated intermittently by suitable gearing and a clutch which, `as shown in Fig.

1^, comprises a gear 109 loose on shaft 107and attached to part a of the clutch, the other The tube 105 is given a to-and-frov loro part (1, of the clutch being attached to rod 107, said gear meshing with a gear 1 10 driven by gears 111, 112, 113, operated from shaft 36 in well known manner. A cam or in b operating arm c'of the clutch shifts the cliitch member' to give rod 107 an intermittent rotary motion, so that its groove 107a will always come to rest in line with stri 90, as in line with a guide 00" through W ich said strip may pass, all in any well known manner. The block 106 is reciprocated by means of a crank 53u connected by a link 115 with a rock arm 115L that connects by a link 116 with an arm 117 connected with block 106.

At 120'is a spring-dog pivotally supported in line with the slot 105a 1n tube 105 so as to pass therethrough into said tube behind the mouthpiece 3b therein, when the mouthpiece has been carried forward into the cigarette tube 3 by the tube 105, so as to abut against the mouthpiece and retain it within tube 3 when tube 105 is withdrawn from tube 3 (see Fig. 5). When the mouthpiece strip 90a has been pushed. forward into the groove 107a of rod 107, the latter rotates and winds the strip within tube 105 (see Figs. 7 and 8), and then tube 105 moves toward and into papel' tube 3 then held by the support 60 and fingers 61 in line with tube 105, and during such movement of tube 105 the rolled mouthpiece passes from rod 107 and the dog 120 enters slot 105u 0f tube 105, resting on mouthpiece 3b, and then drops behind said mouthpiece as the latter is carried slightly beyond the end of the dog within tube 3; and then-when tube 105 is drawn back from within tube 3 the latter and the mouthpiece 3b will abut against dog 120 and be stripped from tube 105, the mouthpiece 3" being left within tube 3, and the tube 3 thus having the mouthpiece in- I serting within it will pass from support 60 to the way 72. When tube 105 leaves the mouthpiece 3b within tube 3 the mouthpiece will unroll wi thin tube 3 and its outer end will then rest adjacent to the seam 3'L of tube 3, l

as said seam is held upon support 60 by fingers 61 in a position with respect to the mouthpiece to effect such result.

The parts are so timed in operation that as paper strip 2 is fed through the tube forming devices 4, 5, the die 22 will print thereon at suitable distances for each cigarette, the bronzing devices (when used) will apply bronze powder upon the ink, support 6() and ingers 61 will receive each tube 3 cut ofi from the continuously made tube by the scissors 47 and carry the tube 3 into line with tube 105 and there rest temporarily, and during such time thestrip 90 will befed to the mouthpiece rolling devices, be cut oil by the cutter 102, the rod 107 will roll the strip Within tube 105, and thereupon the mouthpiece will be inserted Within tube 3 andtube 105 will be withdrawn, the tube 3 having a mouthpiece then being deposited in way 72, the support 60 and fingers 61 then moving back to receive another tube 3 `4cut oil' by the scissors, and so on.

Having now described my invention what my claim is 1. The combination of means for forming a tube, and means for rolling a mouthpiece and inserting it in said tube, with a movable sup ort for the tube, and means for moving sau support from a position in which it receives the tube to a position in line with the mouthpiece forming devices, and for holding the tube in the latter positionwhile a mouthpiece is inserted in the tube.

2. The combination of means iter forming a tube, and means for forming a mouthpiece and inserting it in said tube, said tube and mouthpiece forming devices being located in parallel relation at a distance apart, with-a reciprocative support adapted to receive the tube, and means for moving said support transversely of the plane oi the tube for holding the tube in line with the mouthpiece forming devices to receive the mouthpiece from said devices.

rI`he combination of means For Forming tubes, and means for forming mouthpieces and inserting them in said tubes, with a support to receive said tubes, ingers opposed to said support to hold the tubes thereon, and means for simultaneously reciprocating said supportv and iingers and for vreleasing the tubes from said support.

4. The combination of means for forming tubes, and means for forming mouthpieces and inserting them in said tubes, with a support to receive said tubes, fingers opposed to said support to hold the tubes thereon, a crank, devices connecting said crank with said support for reciprocating the latter, an arm connected with said fingers, and means for reciprocating said arm coincidently with said support and for raising and lowering said iingers.

5. The combination ot' means for forming tubes, and means for forming mouthpieces and inserting them in said tubes, with a support to receive said tubes, fingers opposed to said support to hold the tubes thereon, a crank, devices connecting the support with said crank for reciprocating said support, an arm connected with said fingers and also opsaid rock-arm, and a cam connected to rotate with said crank and arranged to operate said arm to raise and lower said fingers With respect to said support.

7. The combination of means for forming tubes, a reciprocative support to receive said tubes, ngers above said support adapted to hold the tubes upon the support with the seams of the tubes in a predetermined position, means for reciprocating said sup ort and fingers coincidently, mouthpiece ro ing devices comprising a tube having a slot in one side and adapted to enter the tube on said support, a paper-rolling rod Within said slotted tube and provided with means to grip a paper strip, means for rotating said rod Within the slotted tube, means for advancing the slotted tube and its contained paper roll into MAX HIMOFF.

Witnesses:

T. F. BOURNE, R. C. LIEBERMAN. 

